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Yahoo! gives up quest for search dominance — Yahoo! Inc., one of the first Internet search companies, has capitulated to Google Inc. in the battle for market dominance. — "We don't think it's reasonable to assume we're going to gain a lot of share from Google," Chief Financial Officer Susan Decker said in an interview.

Yahoo Cedes Search to Google and So Do I — This story is sure news to me. Yahoo is going on record saying that it's not their goal to be No. 1 in Internet search. "We would be very happy to maintain our market share," CFO Susan Decker told Bloomberg. — That's it, I am no longer using Yahoo Search.

From Dan: A Letter to the Bayosphere Community — A little over a year ago, I left the San Jose Mercury News to pursue my passion for what we've come to call "citizen media" — the idea that anyone with something to say could use increasingly powerful and decreasingly expensive tools to say it, potentially for a global audience.

Setback for BlackBerry maker — High court rejects Research in Motion petition to review ruling that could shut e-mail service. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion was dealt a setback Monday after the Supreme Court turned down a request to review a major patent infringement ruling against it.

The publishing industry is the new technology industry — [The following is a reply to a post by Dave Winer, the father of blogging, on his blog scripting.news, which doesn't accept comments, which is fine because we have hyperlinks :-) That's the beauty of the new media.)

Apple's iWork emerges as rival to Microsoft Office — Corel bills its WordPerfect Office software as "the world's leading alternative to Microsoft Office." But when it comes to U.S. retail sales, Corel lost the No. 2 spot in 2005 to a somewhat unlikely competitor: Apple Computer's iWork.

About that DOJ Request — I've waited several days and thought quite a bit before saying anything about the Department of Justice asking search engines for search data. I waited partly because I didn't want to say something I'd regret, and that was pretty likely to happen early on.

The Year of Living DRMishly — This year may be the year that gadget makers finally conquer the living room, replacing DVD players, VCRs and personal video recorders with all-in-one media devices that serve up HDTV, pre-recorded movies and digital music. If so, it will likely also be the year …

Is There Hope for Content Brands? — Beneath all the buzz about Google re-taking the top spot as #1 Global brand is evidence of a worrisome trend for content brands, which supports the theory that Google is a brand killer. If you look at the U.S. & Canada results for the brandchannel survey across …

An experiment failed — Majesco learns a hard lesson about the video game industry. — Game Over is a weekly column by Chris Morris — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - On paper, the formula seems pretty solid. Blend original, critically acclaimed games with the reliable franchises based on well-known film licenses.

3 pays punters to receive voice calls and text messages — To be honest I am still getting my head around this one, but it appears that UK 3G network 3 is now going to start paying customers to receive voice calls and text messages. Of course they don't receive cash, but rather credit …

Google co-founders cash in — Last month, the 32-year-old celebrity co-founders of Google each sold more than $160 million worth of their company's stock. — That may sound like the ultimate jackpot to most people, but to Sergey Brin and Larry Page it was just another month in their billionaire-in-a-year lives.

SNAKED PHONE — Snake is a fashion phone with an emotional body monitoring interface. Using the phone as a symbolic tool to display a well trained body and attract the surrounding. From Product Visionaires. — [via La Coctelera]

Google News fatally flawed — By now if you're a web afficianado you'd know that Google News is out of beta . Big deal. The real meat in this story is Google's launch of a personalised news service , which it seems the company has been waiting to complete before it ripped up the beta sticker.

Performancing Firefox 1.1 Delicious/Technorati Release! — That's right, as Nick promised last week, we've launched Performancing for Firefox 1.1! — So what's new in this release? — Read on for a complete walk-through of what 1.1 has to offer. — New features … Also new to this release:

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